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prehensions will soon vanish. A single eye to God banishes at once all anxious cares and fears."-CHARLES BALA.

JUNE 27.

"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."-2 Tim. iii. 16, 17.

"The prophetic Scriptures are good for me in sadness, for they are full of encouragement; in doubt, for they are full of promise; in carelessness, for they are full of warning; in contrition, for they are full of mercy; nay, they are good for me in every case, for they are full of Jesus."-MISS C. FRY.

JUNE 28.

"If ye love me, keep my commandments."

John xiv. 15.

"Love is the fulfilling of the law."-Rom. xii. 18.

"Love keeps a surer register than conscience."-MISS C. FRY.

JUNE 29.

"Walk by faith."-2 Cor. v. 7.

"We live by faith, and faith lives by exercise. As we say of some stirring men, they are never well but at workconfine them to their bed or chair, and you kill them; so here, hinder faith from working, and you are enemies to the very life and being of it. Why do we act so little faith in prayer, but because we are not more frequent in it."-GUrnall.

JUNE 30.

"Christ is all, and in all."-Col. iii. 11.

"Let Christ be my all in all: study Christ, preach Christ, love Christ.”— HENRY.

JULY 1.

"All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever."-Isa. xl. 6, 8

"It is a dreadful thing to feel every thing we possess, and everything we learn to value, gliding away continually, without a serious wish on our part to inquire, if there is nothing else that is permanent."-PASCAL.

JULY 2.

"I beseech thee, show me thy glory."-Exod. xxxiii. 18.

"Beseech the Holy Spirit to discover to you your pollution, and Christ's blood— your sinfulness, and his atonement-your deformity, and his righteousness-your poverty and emptiness, and his sufficiency and grace. And let this be your prayer-urged with agonizing and ceaseless wrestling, until, in the personal and happy experience of the blessing, the prayer is answered Lord, show me thy glory.' "WINSLOW.

JULY 3

"He, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus."-Mark x. 50.

"Is it the desire of your inmost soul

that Christ should be glorified in you!

Then come to Jesus, to be saved by him alone, casting, like Bartimeus, the garment from you, be that garment what it may-pride of merit-pride of intellect -pride of learning-pride of familypride of place-yea, whatever hinders your entering the narrow way, and prevents your receiving the kingdom of God as a little child."-WINSLOW.

JULY 4.

"Take therefore no thought for the morrow." Matt. vi. 34.

"A cloud went before the Israelites in the wilderness; and beyond the cloud they could not see their way. It led them in the right way, though it confined their sight and observation to a narrow compass. They knew not the direction in which they were to go, nor where they

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